The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 24, 2132
Waning Gibbous
93.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:39 PM
10:01 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 360,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2597
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 209.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.8° / 321.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 23m / 23.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.59° / 3.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.57° / -4.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.44° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.